Troy has finished with his stockpile grazing for this season. Here he shares how many days he made it, and talks about lessons learned and the questions he's asking to help him prepare for next year.
Aldo Leopold said, "The landscape of any farm is an owner's portrait of himself." In this video, you'll see a family learning and managing together to leave a portrait that they hope will serve as an example to others.
Reason 1) Their manure fertilizes the pasture.
Reason 2) This video:
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For our tablet readers, the link.
But seriously, if you've got a kid that just...
As you read through this, you might think "DANG! This is really complex!" And you're right it is! But that doesn't mean you can't figure it out. Think of it as one of those strategy games where you're trying to maximize your points in the face of lots of variables. If you're not good at those kinds of games, we bet you know someone who is. Just see it for the game it is, and go out and WIN!
That's just a fancy way of saying, "Let's tell everyone how important soils are." The Soil Science Society of America is handing out free stickers, and we're adding our bumper stickers as the first of many ways to celebrate the International Year of Soil. Together we can build a world map with pictures of folks loving their soils.
